St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-18
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Yes; HIlS very strange.
As the Purim is Jewish ball, it is no
wOnder-eXcept to a simpleton-that
dark men abound there.
- CENSORI0TS
are the remarks, SON etimes, what a
pretty gown, Mrs. Vanasterbilt has on
this afternOonie Esaw one very much
like il over i'll Grand street. In fact, L
think it was made of the same thing
right through, and the cost wasn't a
quarter as much as she undoubtedly
paid for it to some Fifth avenue mod
iste.'' And, o. the hardships of doing
justice to,a score of elaborate toilets.
The trials and tribulations attendant
upon getting the proper amount of
clothes 10 come out in have reduced at
least one of the debutanteS almost to a
skeleton and she is completely tired
out. One girl brought home half a
ship-lOad of clothes from Europe, and
has been laid up with nervous prOstra-
ton ever since. She implOres science
to invent a mechanical tryer-On for our
budding bellies, or a new field opened
for the ladies' maid, who will have to
be chosen with an anatomical view to
utilizing her as lay figure for her mis-
treSS.
Indeed, know of one rich girl who
hires a maid of precisely her own size
and shape. and this servant goes through
all the drudgery of being measured and
fitted. But feminine flesh comes and
goes with rapidity, and at every mate
rial change in the mistress a new maid
has to be hunted up. A further COM
plicatiOn arises from the fact that the
employer requires that the employee
shall be much less pretty of face than
herself. As poverty is as comedy as
wealth, on the average. many otherwise
suitable candidates have to be rejected.
LET Us LOOK
at several costumes at Mrs. NewbOuld
Norris great ball of last Monday night.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt'S dress is a
marvel. The effect is produced by al
ternate layers of gray and crimson
tulle, Ornamented with loops of MORE
ribbon, shot with the two colors.
Strange winged creatures appear upon
the surface, such as are caught in the
gray glamour of twilight-butterf1ie
beetles and old gray spiderS-and the
surface is lighted up with glow worms
in gray steel, which shine at irregular
intervals.
The dress is very poetic in appearance
and might be looked on as living en-
bodiment of Herrick's address to Julia.
when he entreats the glow-wOrms to
lend her their eyes and the elves to bear
her company. Mrs. William Norris has
a white ball gown of excellent style.
Every line of this dress is good, the
drapery endowed with that perfect
grace which comes from the avoidance
of a single unmeaning line. The bod
ice is cot white striped satin and MORE.
with a graceful berthe of dewdrop
tulle, fastened in the center with
loop of ribbon. The skirt has short
paniers gathered toward the back,
where they terminate in long plated
drapery shorter at the sides than at the
center.
The front is draped with dewdrop
tulle, and Ornamented with two groups
of ostrich feathers, mounted on loops of
MORE ribbon. The styleO this dress is
perfect, and the different shades of
white have an exquisite effect in cOmbi
nation. Mrs. William AstOr wears a
beautiful trained dress, with petticoat
and panels of white silk, embroidered
with a pattern of leaves and sprays in
silver. gold and pale green, the cOlors
forming a beautiful harmony with the
rest of the dress. The bodice is draped
in very artistic style, and finished off
with vest of tinsel embroidery to match
the skirt.
BUD-GIRL.s ABoUNDED
at the ball, and they dressed chiefly in
white. French styles prevail in the
more elaborate gowns now being made
up for receptions and dinners and opera
wear. A few ladies who adopt the ex-
IRENE English fashions for the ball room